I've been going back and forth with this myself as we have second seating on our Alaska cruise this summer. We normally are early eaters - my teens like to eat every few hours...but I thought with the sun setting late it would give us more time to enjoy the day and then just turn in after dinner if we're tired. We cruise to the Caribbean later in the year and currently have first seating. I'm going to see how the Alaska cruise goes and decide then if we'll keep it or move it to second seating.
I would think if your kids don't mind later eating hours, keep it! You won't have to rush to dinner that way
To me one of the best parts of the second seating, is that you get the later breakfast on the last day
When we left the ship, it was easy to find our luggage - it was one of the last ones left!
What do you mean? I didn’t think breakfast was a timed event?
On the last day, if you want to eat in the MDR, it is. (Cabanas is also open, if you don't want to eat in the MDR.) You're assigned to the dining room where you had dinner on the last night, and early dinner has earlier breakfast, late dinner has late (well - later XD) breakfast. (as a family of Very Much Not Morning People, if we'd had early breakfast, we likely would've gone to Cabanas instead.)
Concierge status has nothing to do with when you eat breakfast on departure day. You can have breakfast at anytime on departure day in Cabanas but breakfast in the MDR is special on departure day in that there are two assigned dining times based on your regular rotation. As a concierge guest you can depart the ship at your leisure. There is generally a crush of people who book early flights so they are hot to get off the ship ASAP. We were local and drove to the port and had no real agenda on departure day. Breakfast seating is 6:45 and 8:30 in the MDR. It was nice to see our waiters one last time and enjoy a nice seated breakfast.Ah that makes sense. We are concierge and I think I read somewhere we are able to leave the boat a little later? Not sure how late and if it makes a difference or not. We are early risers even on vacation. Its ridiculous sometimes haha. Im like can we all just sleep till 8 for once!!!
I currently have main dining but debating if I should switch to late but DH thinks main is better for our kids. Is it too late to ask for a change once onboard?
Concierge status has nothing to do with when you eat breakfast on departure day. You can have breakfast at anytime on departure day in Cabanas but breakfast in the MDR is special on departure day in that there are two assigned dining times based on your regular rotation. As a concierge guest you can depart the ship at your leisure. There is generally a crush of people who book early flights so they are hot to get off the ship ASAP. We were local and drove to the port and had no real agenda on departure day. Breakfast seating is 6:45 and 8:30 in the MDR. It was nice to see our waiters one last time and enjoy a nice seated breakfast.
I currently have main dining but debating if I should switch to late but DH thinks main is better for our kids. Is it too late to ask for a change once onboard?